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Jōchi rei |
An edict issued by the Council of State (Dajōkan) in the first month of 1871, confiscating all shrine and temple lands except for the keidaichi . When the daimyō (local feudal lords) returned their domains and the people living in them to the emperor in 1869, the Meiji government began ... |
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Jōshi |
Seasonal festival that takes place on the third day of the third month; also called genshi and jōmi . One of five seasonal celebrations ( gosekku ) established as holidays by the Tokugawa bakufu . This celebration is generally known as hinamatsuri (Doll Festival) or momo no sekku (Pea... |
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Jōtōsai |
An architectural ritual also called ' mune'age ' (roof-raising). This ritual is performed during construction of a new building to pray that there will be no problems with the structure during or after construction. References to jōtōsai can be found in certain Nara period documen... |
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Jūhachi Shintō |
The principles of Yoshida Shintō expounded by Yoshida Kanetomo, as found in his principal work Essentials of Prime Shinto (Yuiitsu Shintō myōbō yōshū ). Kanetomo divided Shinto into the categories of substance ( tai , the three foundations); function ( yō , the three subtleties); a... |
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Kada no Arimaro |
(176-51) Scholar of philological "evidential learning" ( kōshōgaku ) in the mid-Edo period. Born in 1706 in Kyoto, Arimaro was adopted together with his younger sister Tamiko by his uncle Kada no Azumamaro (1669-1736), who was then residing in Edo. Though suffering fro... |
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Kada no Azumamaro |
(1669-1736) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the mid-Edo era, and known as one of the "Four Great kokugaku Scholars" ( kokugaku shitaijin ). Born in Kyoto in the first month of 1669, as the second son of Hakura Nobuaki, a priest and administrator of the shrine Fus... |
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Kaden Shintō |
The Shinto transmitted by a particular house or lineage. As this is mainly to be seen in the houses of hereditary Shinto priests, known as shinshokuke or shake , it is also called shake Shintō (or shaden Shintō , or densha Shintō ). The term kaden (lit., "lineage-transmission&qu... |
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Kagami |
Also written 鑑. Mirror. A device that reflects an image using the reflective properties of its surface. Mirrors may be made of copper, silver, iron, jewels, or glass, and can be found in many different styles, including round, square, elliptical, "eight-petal hollyhock&quo... |
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Kagura |
A ritual performance made as an offering to the kami. Most are performed only once a year or once every few years. The kami are invited (see kanjō ) to occupy the sacred area and worshiped with performances of music, song, and dance. The prevailing theory regarding the etymology of kagu... |
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Kaguraden |
A pavilion or stage used for the offering of sacred dance ( kagura ). Also called maidono . Permanent structures for the performance of ritual dance appeared from the late Heian period and spread widely during the subsequent Kamakura period. In some cases, one part of another shrine s... |
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Kagutsuchi |
[Kagutsuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kagutsuchi no mikoto, Hinoyagihayao no kami, Hinokagabiko no kami ( Kojiki ), Ho musuhi ( Nihongi ). The kami of fire or hi no kami. According to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Izanami suffered mortal ... |
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Kaibara Ekiken |
(163-1714) Confucian scholar of the early Edo period. Known also as a herbalist and educator of commoners. A retainer of the Fukuoka Domain in Chikuzen Province (present-day Fukuoka Prefecture), Kaibara's. His formal name was Atsunobu, his style was Shisei, and his common name was... |
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Kaichō |
Lit., "opening the curtain," the temporary special exhibition of images of kami and buddhas, or other shrine and temple treasures that are normally kept hidden. The practice of kaichō can be found as far back as the Heian period, but the practice spread nationwide in the e... |
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Kajishin |
A kami of smithing and of metal forging enshrined by people who work in those industries. In premodern times, blacksmiths ( kaji ) included both those living sedentary lives in towns, and those who, together with bellows-makers ( tatarashi ) and metal casters ( imoji ), would join iti... |
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Kakei Katsuhiko |
(1872-1961) A Shinto intellectual and scholar of public law from the Meiji to the Showa eras. Born on the twenty-eighth day of the eleventh month of 1872 in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University's School of Law, he studied administrative law in Ge... |
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Kakitsusai |
A rite held from October tenth to twelfth at Danzan Jinja on Tōnomine, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture. This shrine venerates Fujiwara Kamatari. Tradition says that this festival began in the first year of the Kakitsu era (1441) on the occasion of the shrine's rebuilding after its des... |
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Kakurigoto |
Hidden matters. Also read kamigoto. Kakurigoto appears in one writing in Nihongi , being used as the opposite of arawanikoto (that which is visible, apparent, manifest), and as a synonym for kamigoto (" kami affairs"). It signifies the invisible actions of the kami , tho... |
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Kakuriyo |
The hidden realm. The antonym of utsushiyo (顕世、現世). The same as Yāmei, Meifu and Yomi, it is the realm where kami and spirits are considered to dwell eternally and pursue their activities. It is a supernatural, supersensory realm not easily discerned from this world, generally unde... |
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Kakushin Shūkyō Nipponkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion. The group's origins go back to 1940, when the "Father-deity Kotoshironushi no ōkami" descended upon Chitose Makami (1879-1986), revealing her previous lives and imparting divine powers to her. For the next ten years, Chitose prepared h... |
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Kamado matsuri |
"Cauldron festival." The main annual festival held July 10 at Shiogama Shrine, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture. In what is called the asamairi-no-gi (morning veneration rite), sea water is drawn at high tide that day and the new water is used to replace the water in the c... |
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